{"id":1603,"date":"2014-04-02T01:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudioalm\/2014\/04\/02\/need-to-migrate-release-management-server\/"},"modified":"2022-07-18T01:31:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T09:31:20","slug":"need-to-migrate-release-management-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/need-to-migrate-release-management-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Need to migrate Release Management Server?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to migrate Release Management Server, follow these steps in sequence:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n  <strong>1.<\/strong> Backup existing Release Management server DB.\u00a0<em>(Learn about <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms187510(v=sql.105).aspx\">How to: Back Up a Database<\/a>)<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n  <strong>2.<\/strong> Export crypto key. \u00a0<em>(For more details on the RSA crypto key export, check \u2018Exporting an RSA Key Container\u2019 section of <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/yxw286t2(v=vs.100).aspx\">Importing and Exporting Protected Configuration RSA Key Containers<\/a>)<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 To export the crypto key, run the command [admin mode]<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"scroll\" style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><code class=\"cplusplus\"> aspnet_regiis -px \"{AB903235-97E6-4B1F-AC8E-0EE51124D84F}\" keys.xml &ndash;pri<\/code><\/pre>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/04\/7317.11.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/04\/7317.11.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n  <strong>3.<\/strong> Import the earlier exported crypto key. <em>(For more details on the RSA crypto key import, check &#8216;Importing an RSA Key Container\u2019 section of <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/yxw286t2(v=vs.100).aspx\">Importing and Exporting Protected Configuration RSA Key Containers<\/a>)<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n  \u00a0 \u00a0 To restore\/import the crypto key before restoring the SQL RM DB on to different machine than the original one: Run the command [admin mode]\n<\/p>\n<pre class=\"scroll\" style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><code class=\"php\"> aspnet_regiis -pi \"{AB903235-97E6-4B1F-AC8E-0EE51124D84F}\" keys.xml<\/code><\/pre>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n  \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/04\/5417.22.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/04\/5417.22.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n  <strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0Restore Release Management server DB on to another server.\u00a0<em>(Learn about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms177429(v=sql.105).aspx\">How to: Restore a Database Backup<\/a>)<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n  <strong>5.<\/strong> Install RM server and configure it.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n  <strong>6.<\/strong> Configure existing client with the new Release Management Server.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to migrate Release Management Server, follow these steps in sequence: 1. 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